From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@xxxxxxxxxx> Since KVM commit 5f76f6f5ff96 ("KVM: nVMX: Do not expose MPX VMX controls when guest MPX disabled") it is not possible to disable MPX on a "-cpu host" just by adding "-mpx" there if the host CPU does indeed support MPX. QEMU will fail to set MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_{EXIT,ENTRY}_CTLS MSRs in this case and so trigger an assertion failure. Instead, besides "-mpx" one has to explicitly add also "-vmx-exit-clear-bndcfgs" and "-vmx-entry-load-bndcfgs" to QEMU command line to make it work, which is a bit convoluted. Sanitize MPX-related bits in MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_{EXIT,ENTRY}_CTLS after setting the vCPU CPUID instead so such workarounds are no longer necessary. Signed-off-by: Maciej S. Szmigiero <maciej.szmigiero@xxxxxxxxxx> --- target/i386/kvm/kvm.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c index a9ee8eebd7..435cb18753 100644 --- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c +++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c @@ -2934,6 +2934,17 @@ static uint64_t make_vmx_msr_value(uint32_t index, uint32_t features) return must_be_one | (((uint64_t)can_be_one) << 32); } +static void kvm_msr_entry_add_if_supported(X86CPU *cpu, uint32_t msr, + uint32_t mask, uint32_t features, + uint64_t value_or) +{ + uint32_t supported = + kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(kvm_state, msr) >> 32; + uint32_t feat_eff = features & (~mask | (mask & supported)); + + kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, msr, make_vmx_msr_value(msr, feat_eff) | value_or); +} + static void kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWordArray f) { uint64_t kvm_vmx_basic = @@ -2996,12 +3007,23 @@ static void kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWordArray f) kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_PINBASED_CTLS, make_vmx_msr_value(MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_PINBASED_CTLS, f[FEAT_VMX_PINBASED_CTLS])); - kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_EXIT_CTLS, - make_vmx_msr_value(MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_EXIT_CTLS, - f[FEAT_VMX_EXIT_CTLS]) | fixed_vmx_exit); - kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_ENTRY_CTLS, - make_vmx_msr_value(MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_ENTRY_CTLS, - f[FEAT_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS])); + + /* + * When disabling MPX on a host that supports this function it is not + * enough to clear the relevant CPUID bit, MPX-related bits in + * MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_{EXIT,ENTRY}_CTLS have to be cleared, too. + * + * Otherwise setting these MSRs will fail. + */ + kvm_msr_entry_add_if_supported(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_EXIT_CTLS, + VMX_VM_EXIT_CLEAR_BNDCFGS, + f[FEAT_VMX_EXIT_CTLS], + fixed_vmx_exit); + kvm_msr_entry_add_if_supported(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_ENTRY_CTLS, + VMX_VM_ENTRY_LOAD_BNDCFGS, + f[FEAT_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS], + 0); + kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2, make_vmx_msr_value(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2, f[FEAT_VMX_SECONDARY_CTLS]));